Bonfire

2001/07/26 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Geologia

These days or weeks the Etna volcano is news. Despite their fear, there are many people living around. In the beginning, the inhabitants of the surrounding villages were frightened, but they say that the situation is quite controlled and that volcanic activity is beginning to slow down a bit, so people start to relax. Relax and take advantage of it, as there have been many more distant people who have visited the show.

The 3,345 metre high volcano is located on the Italian island of Sicily. It is the highest volcano in Europe with activity and was born in a marine gulf of the Quaternary in the Catanic plain. Its structure is complex and in addition to the main crater has at least 250 small craters. It has had more than 100 eruptions. Since the year 450, the most serious is that of 1669. XX. In the eighteenth century it had several years (between 1950 and 51 lasted 372 days).

In the surrounding villages there are citrus plantations up to an altitude of 500. Between 500 and 1,300 meters are planted the vineyards and above the forests (chestnuts, holm oaks, pine forests and birches) up to 2,000 meters of altitude. Above there is only lava.